January 17, 1914 



HOETICULTURE 



91 



GEORGE B. HART 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y. 



Telephone 3«n0 Muilison Sqnnre 



WOODROW & MARKETOS 



WHOLESALE 



Plantsmen and Florists 



41 West 28th Street, NEW YORK 



Flower Market Reports 



(Ccntinued from page Sq) 



While it is true tliat 

 NEW YORK demand lias been 



very light ever since 

 the first of January yet the production 

 is such that no serious accumulation 

 is in sight and values have not suf- 

 fered any great setback as has some- 

 times happened at this particular pe- 

 riod. There is one exception, how- 

 ever, and it is one which would be 

 least expected, viz. cattleyas. On all 

 sides there is more than a surfeit of 

 them and quantities are lost because 

 of inability to get buyers for them. 

 Only a few of the most select blooms 

 realize quoted prices. There is every 

 evidence that it will not be long be- 

 fore there will be an unwii>ldy sur- 

 plus of bulb flowers. Good tulips and 

 daffodils also freesia are now added 

 to the variety on sale at all the whole- 

 sale places. Mignonette has begun 

 to come in heavily and the quality is 

 very fine. The first Acacia pubescens 

 was seen this week. It came from W. 

 H. Siebrecht. Japan lilies — vubrum, 

 magnificum, etc. — are among the best 

 sellers this season. They are forced 

 in enormous quantities by A. S. Burns. 

 Jr. They bring from $4.00 for short 

 stemmed blooms to $10.00 for flowers 

 on long stalks. 



This market has been 

 ST. LOUIS highly satisfactory. 



There is no great 

 abundance of cut stock, but just about 

 enough to go around. Shipping trade 

 fell off somewhat since the holidays. 

 Prices have been high on some things 

 and most reasona'ble on others. Violets 

 are as they have been all season, 

 scarce and of poor quality. Carnations 

 are fine. Roses are becoming better 

 in color and are in good demand. 

 Miscellaneous stock selling satisfac- 

 torily. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The attendance at the Cincinnati 

 Florists' Society meeting on Monday 

 night was very slim. The evening 



B. S. SUNN, JR. 

 \i I O LET S 



CARNATIONS, ROSES 



SS and 57 W. 26th St., New York 



Shipping Orders Carefully Filled 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PbiUdelpki*, P*. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSES 

 and all Seasonable Varieties of Cut Flowers 



William F. Kasting Co. 



\A/Hole8al< 



383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



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BUFFALO, N. Y. 



NEW YORK QDOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Cypripediums 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Callas • 



Lily of the Valley 



Paper Whites, Roman Hyacinths 



Freesias 



Violete -■ 



Daises 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches) 



Gardenias 



Adiantum ■ 



Smilax ,.. .. 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo) 



" " & Spren (loo bunches). 



was the coldest of the present win- 

 ter and kept the growing contingent 

 at or near their greenliouses. J. A. 

 Peterson & Sons, exhibited specimens 

 of Melior and a seedling Begonia of a 

 type similar to the Melior, but as yet 

 unnamed. 



The Chicago Florists' Club held a 

 very successful meeting at the La Salle 

 Hotel; Jan. 8 and gave a public ex- 

 hibition of over thirty new varieties 

 of carnations from all parts of the 

 country. All the old ofEcers had been 

 re-elected and P. .J. Foley took charge 

 of the installation ceremonies. Re- 

 ports were made by the officers and 

 heads of committees. Attendance 

 was 65. 



The Houston (Tex.) Florists' Club, 

 at its dinner on Monday evening, Jan. 

 .5, voted to designate the week be- 

 ginning Feb. 15 as "Planting Week", 

 and to ask the citizens of Houston to 

 co-operate. Among the propositions 

 made was the founding of a stock com- 

 pany for the purpose of selling flow- 

 ers at wholesale. Such a company 

 would enable flowers to be grown on 

 a large scale it is said. 



The 1915 Entertainment Committee 

 are out to Induce the Board of Super- 

 visors of Los Angeles, Cal., to provide 

 in the tax levies for 1914 and 1915 for 

 the raising between $250,000 and $300,- 

 000 to carry out floral and entertain- 

 ment plans alredy made for exposi- 

 tion year. This sum will be supple- 

 mented, it is expected by liberal con- 

 tributions from Los Angeles and her 

 citizens, both city and country. 



The distribution of 1,000,000 rose 

 slips and vast quantity of seeds is 

 contemplated by the Entertainment 

 committee as its initial venture in 

 the line of making the city and coun- 

 ty fiorally attractive for 1915. 



The meeting of the Pittsburgh Flor- 

 ists' and Gardeners' Club on Jan. 6th 

 was held in the big English room at 

 the Fort Pitt Hotel, this being neces- 

 sary to accommodate the members 

 and their friends who were anxious 

 to hear the talk of Geo. B. Parker on 

 the Wild Flowers of Allegheny 

 Country, and see the colored lantern 

 slides. The pictures were of the high- 

 est class and the audience was enter- 

 tained and instructed. 



The officers for 1913 were renomi- 

 nated for 1914 namely: President, 

 Neil McCallum; vice-president, E. C. 

 Reineman; treasurer, T. P. Langhans; 

 secretary, H. P. Joslin; assistant sec- 

 retary. W. A. Clarke. 



Carnation Matchless was shown b.y 

 the Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, N. 

 Y., and received a first-class certifi- 

 cate. This grand white drew much 

 enthusiastic praise from our expert, 

 Fred Burki. Gorgeous was exhibited 

 by H. M. Weiss & Sons and was also 

 given a first-class certificate. 



A. N. Pierson. Cromwell, Ct., sent 

 the new rose, Hadley, and a first-class 

 certificate was awarded. J. A. Peter- 

 son, of Cincinnati, was present and 

 showed his new begonia Melior, which 

 was thought to be an improvement 

 over Glory of Cincinnati, and Carl 

 Becherer, gardener at Dixmont Hos- 

 pital, Dixmont. Pa., showed seedling 

 carnations, for which he was awarded 

 a certificate of merit. 



H. P. JosLix, Sec'y 



Galva, III. — George Pierce, of Ke- 

 wanee, has purchased the greenhouse 

 business of A. G. Larson. 



